Month: January 2012

Gypsies and Travellers: camp sites and trespass – Commons Library Standard Note

New House of Commons summary of the law regarding unauthorised sites. The full report can be read here (pdf) Gypsies and Travellers: camp sites and trespass – Commons…

Media Student’s Film About New Cornwall Sites

Falmouth journalism student Patrick Clahane has made a short film about Cornwall’s proposed new sites.Gypsies from Patrick Clahane on Vimeo.

Travellers row in village – Coverack

The Travellers in Coverack have been working with the council for some years now to try and find a more suitable site. The claim that they do not…

Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders (LASPO) Bill House of Lords Committee Stage

If brought into force the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill will have disastrous effects on the provision of advice and representation to Gypsies and Travellers…

Pitchforks and Flaming Torches

Cornwall Council’s successful bid to the Homes and Communities Agency Traveller Pitch Funding Programme was very welcome news and a big step forward for Cornwall’s Gypsies and Travellers,…

New Pitches For Cornwall and Devon

From the BBC – More Traveller sites are to be set up in the South West. It comes after UK councils were invited to bid for their share…